I fell today. Hard. I hit and scraped my knee so bad it ripped through my favorite jeans and made a bruise and a cut about 2 in in diameter. OUCH!   The first thing I thought of though, as I slowly got up, was how grateful I was that nothing seemed broken or torn.

It reminded me of this past summer, when I was inline skating on a particularly rocky patch, and a pebble caught my wheel. I fell in "slow motion", remembered every nano second of the fall, and made sure my teeth and camera were safe before I arose.  I got up from that fall saying the same thing I said today. I was so grateful it wasn't worse.

As I think about it now, I realize I am quite lucky to have been born with an attitude that always leans toward the positive and not the other way around.  When given the chance, I always say,  "life will throw all sorts of garbage at you and the only thing you have control over is the way you deal with it."  To me, being grateful on a daily basis is at the top of that control. It's how I maintain a relatively worry free attitude because it continually reminds me to keep perspective.

When you remember what you do have, as opposed to what you don't, it makes dealing with life and all its foibles a whole lot easier.

What are you grateful for?